![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Report of a Survey of Frances Shimer College - John Dale Russell
Report of a comprehensive study of Frances Shimer College by the Department of Education at the University of Chicago, under the direction of John Dale Russell. Published 1944 without copyright notice. Then a four-year women's junior college in Mount Carroll, Illinois, the school today is Shimer College, the Great Books college of Chicago.
Keywords: shimer college; frances shimer college; frances shimer academy; 1940s; women's colleges; junior colleges; Mount Carroll
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| Carroll County Republican, March 28, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of March 28, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly th...
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| Carroll County Republican, June 6, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of June 6, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers |  |
| Carroll County Republican, August 8, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of August 8, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly th...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers |  |
| Carroll County Republican, September 26, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of September 26, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mo...
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, March 1870 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
March 1870 number of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small coeducational college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and the nation's longest-running college early entrance program.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, February 15, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of February 15, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican 1855-1858 - Carroll County Republican
All extant issues of the Carroll County Republican from late 1855 to mid-1858. Editors during this period were David Hilton Wheeler, David B. Emmert, and Jacob Emmert. From a roll of microfilm furnished by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital.
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county; illinois; newspapers; 1850s
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| Carroll County Republican, March 13, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of March 13, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, July 1894 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
July 1894 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College during the late Seminary period of the school's history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. The contents of this issue include an essay on "The American Woman" by graduating senior Adele Randall, and a rare photo of the original Seminary campus showing the grape arbors, original building and 1877 addition. Then known as the Mount Carroll Seminary and located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer College is today a very small ...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1890s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, December 26, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of December 26, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| First Biennial Register and Circular of the Mount Carroll Seminary - Mount Carroll Seminary
"First Biennial Register and Circular of the Mount Carroll Seminary", published 1855.Includes lists of faculty, trustees, courses and textbooks. The Mount Carroll Seminary later became Shimer College, a Chicago college known for its Great Books curriculum and long-running program of early entrance to college. See also: First Triennial Register and Circular of the Mount Carroll Seminary (1856), Triennial Catalogue of the Mount Carroll Seminary for the Years Ending July 7, 1862.
Keywords: seminaries; shimer college; mount carroll; illinois
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| Carroll County Republican, December 21, 1855 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of December 21, 1855. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, August 1885 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
August 1885 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College during the late Seminary period of the school's history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue begins with an essay by Winona Sawyer on Florida. Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small liberal arts college in Chicago that follows a Great Books curriculum and operates the nation's longest-running college early entrance program.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1880s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, August 22, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of August 22, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly t...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, April 1870 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
April 1870 number of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small coeducational college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and the nation's longest-running college early entrance program.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, August 21, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of August 21, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, February 8, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of February 8, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, October 16, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of October 16, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Moun...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, May 2, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of May 2, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the M...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| A Review of the Discussion Relative to the Mount Carroll Seminary - Nathaniel Halderman
A pamphlet published in 1857, containing responses by Nathaniel Halderman and Henry Shimer to allegations by Calvin Gray that the Mount Carroll Seminary had been turned into a sectarian Baptist institution. Halderman responds chiefly to the accusations against the Seminary, and Shimer to Gray's aspersions on the Baptist faith. The Mount Carroll Seminary later became Shimer College, the Great Books college of Chicago.
Keywords: shimer college; mount carroll seminary; 1850s; presbyterianism; baptism; sectarianism; education; mount carroll
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| Carroll County Republican, October 9, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of October 9, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, January 1876 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
January 1876 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue includes a lengthy poem titled "When My Ship Comes In" by 1875 graduate Virgnia Dox, and a reunion essay by Maggie Moffett Emmert. The last lines of the first page are obscured. The Mount Carroll Seminary later became Shimer College, which is today a very small college in Chicago known for its Great Books...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, August 1890 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
August 1890 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College during the late Seminary period of the school's history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue commences with an essay by Martha Powell titled "The Race Question." Then known as the Mount Carroll Seminary and located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer College is today a very small college in Chicago with a rigorous Great Books curriculum and long-running Oxford study abroad program and college early entrance prog...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1890s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, January 18, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of January 18, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, August 1891 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
August 1891 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College during the late Seminary period of the school's history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue opens with an essay on "The Evils of America" by Julia Heil. An amateur digitization of a different physical copy is available here. Then known as the Mount Carroll Seminary and located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer College is today a very small college in Chicago with a rigorous Great Books curriculum and the nati...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1890s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, August 1877 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
August 1877 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue includes an essay titled "Live While You Live" by Helen Eacker. The Mount Carroll Seminary later became Shimer College, which is today a very small college in Chicago known for its Great Books curriculum and long-running weekend college and early entrance programs.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, September 11, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of September 11, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mo...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, June 19, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of June 19, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount C...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Charles Linnaeus Hostetter diary for 1862 - Charles Linnaeus Hostetter
Diary of Charles Linnaeus Hostetter for the year 1862. He had ceased regularly attending the Mount Carroll Seminary but frequent mentions continue. Describes financial events affecting Hostetter & Reist, arrival of the railroad in Mt. Carroll, etc. (Via the Charles Linnaeus Hostetter Papers at the University of Chicago)
Keywords: mount carroll; shimer college; mount carroll seminary; hostetter family
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| Carroll County Republican, August 7, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of August 7, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, December 12, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of December 12, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, October 24, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of October 24, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, April 18, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of April 18, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly th...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, July 10, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of July 10, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount C...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of Henry Shimer - Circuit Court of Carroll County
Probate file for the estate of Henry Shimer, pertaining to Dr. Shimer's contested 1895 will.
Keywords: Henry Shimer; Frances Shimer; Mount Carroll
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| Oread of the Mount Carroll Seminary, April 1869 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
April 1869 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. The editorial board included Winona Branch Sawyer. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. March 1869 ← April May 1869 → Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small coeducational college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and the nation's longest-...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1860s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, May 29, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of May 29, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount Ca...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, January 1870 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
January 1870 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. The editorial board included Winona Branch Sawyer. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small coeducational college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and the nation's longest-running program of early entrance to college.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, January 1871 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
January 1871 number of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. Then a women's seminary located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer is today a very small coeducational college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and the nation's longest-running college early entrance program.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, August 1892 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
August 1892 issue of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College during the late Seminary period of the school's history. Digitized by Northern Illinois University. This issue opens with an essay on James Russell Lowell by Kate McGrath, followed by a philosophical essay by Ella Fourt on "Not Things But Men, Not Matter But Mind." Then known as the Mount Carroll Seminary and located in Mount Carroll, Illinois, Shimer College is today a very small college in Chicago with a rigorous Great Books c...
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1890s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, February 6, 1857 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of February 6, 1857. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Moun...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, April 16, 1858 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of April 16, 1858. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Memorandum of Events from Starting at Mt. Carroll - Frances Shimer
Handwritten journal kept by educator Frances Shimer during her visit to her home in DeLand, Florida, in the winter and spring of 1890-1891. Includes much information on the contemporary state of the orange trade and real estate market, as well as accounts of her tussles over real estate with local notables Henry Deland and John Stetson. Then in her mid-60s, Mrs. Shimer was accompanied on this trip by Mrs...
Keywords: Frances Shimer; Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 1890s; DeLand; West Volusia County; orange growing
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| Carroll County Republican, April 11, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of April 11, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly th...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Carroll County Republican, March 19, 1858 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of March 19, 1858. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| The Oread of Mount Carroll Seminary, January 1873 - Oread Society of the Mount Carroll Seminary
January 1873 number of the Oread, student newspaper of Shimer College from 1869 to the end of the Seminary period of Shimer College history. Digitized by the Northern Illinois University Archives. The Mount Carroll Seminary later became Shimer College, a very small college in Chicago with a Great Books curriculum and one of the nation's longest-running early entrance programs.
Keywords: Shimer College; Mount Carroll Seminary; 19th-century education; 1870s; Mount Carroll; Oread
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| Carroll County Republican, April 2, 1858 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of April 2, 1858. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Emmert, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the Mount C...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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| Frances Shimer Quarterly Vol. 2 No. 4 - Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago
January 1911 issue of the Frances Shimer Quarterly. Contains a death notice for noted alum H.H.C. Miller, mayor of Evanston. The Quarterly was the official publication of the Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago, which later became Shimer College, the Great Books college of Chicago.
Keywords: frances shimer academy; shimer college; university of chicago; 1911; college magazines
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| Carroll County Republican, May 30, 1856 - Carroll County Republican
Issue of the Carroll County Republican for the week of May 30, 1856. From a microfilm edition supplied by the Abraham Lincoln Library and digitized by Creekside Digital. The Republican, edited at this time by David Hilton Wheeler, was the principal newspaper of Mount Carroll, Illinois during the 1850s. Due to the poor condition of the original newspaper, some parts are not fully legible. The Republican frequently covered developments related to the schools of Mount Carroll, and particularly the ...
Keywords: mount carroll; carroll county, illinois; 1850s; illinois newspapers
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